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- From: cs89ssg@brunel.ac.uk (Sunil Gupta)
- Newsgroups: alt.hypnosis
- Subject: Re: hypnosis tutorial
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 14:06:21 GMT
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- Sunil Gupta (cs89ssg@brunel.ac.uk) wrote:
-
- indeed I did, for self-hypnosis the technique is similar, It involves a lot of
- visualisation, so make up your own scenes that you can easily visualize
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-
- I am lying on my back and already feeling a little relaxed.
-
- In a moment I will enter a state of complete relaxation, also
- known as hypnosis or trance.
-
- I will feel as if every muscle in my body has gone limp.
-
- my whole body, from the top of my head, to the tips of my
- toes will feel numb and relaxed.
-
- I will concentrate on my thoughts at all times.
-
- In the event of an emergency I will automatically come out of
- trance and be fully awake. I will be able to do whatever is
- necessary to get out of the crisis.
-
- I may not enter the state of hypnosis while in control of any
- kind of machinery, or where remaining awake is important.
-
- I may enter the state of relaxation only if my are lying or
- sitting down, listening to this tutorial, under the guidance of
- an experienced hypnotherapist, or under self-hypnosis.
-
- <close your eyes>
-
- to start the relaxation here are some deep breathing exercises.
-
- take a deep breath in through the nose. hold it for a second.
- breathe out through the mouth, and go limp.
-
- I can feel my body relaxing already.
-
- do this, slow inhalation and quick exhalation, three or four
- times.
-
- deep breathing is a very effective way of relaxing. It also helps
- to lower the pulse rate.
-
- it will be easy for me to continue this deep breathing for the
- remainder of this tutorial.
-
- From now on, I will be able to concentrate on my thoughts. I
- will ignore any other noises, no matter how loud they may be. If
- someone wishes to talk with me, or there is an emergency, I
- will awaken from trance feeling totally refreshed, and in full
- control of my body.
-
- The next time, I will easily enter an even deeper state of
- trance.
-
- my muscles are already beginning to relax. As my muscles
- relax, I feel a pleasant sensation of numbness coming over
- me. It is beginning with my feet and legs growing numb.
-
- Next my hands and arms are growing numb, And then a very pleasant
- sensation of numbness spreads over my entire body. I will
- begin to enter a state of complete mental and physical
- relaxation. It is a wonderful feeling to relax, and I am going
- to relax from my head to my toes. I will begin with my
- mind.
-
- my mind ignore any other noises. If my hear a noise it will
- only make me feel more relaxed. I will concentrate on my thoughts
- at all times. I want to relax because I know how good it feels.
-
- my mind will, in a few moments, become lazy. So lazy that it
- will think of , and do nothing. my mind will see only
- darkness, emptiness , a complete blank. my will hear, feel the
- meaning of, and live, every word I think.
-
- I am visualizing a pleasant country scene. I am standing on a hill,
- looking out towards the horizon.
-
- There is greenery everywhere, I can see the sky, it is a light blue,
- . It is cool, and the sun in high in the sky. There are trees,
- hedges and fields, it is a very pleasant scene
-
- The air smells clean and is cool.
-
- I turn around slowly, the Horizon swings out of sight. infront of me
- I can see the green contours of the hill reaching for the sky.
-
- I can see something at the top of the hill, I walk towards it.
-
- As I walk towards it I can see it more clearly. It is a well.
- I am now at the well. it is made of white stone and has a quaint red roof
- covering it.
-
- I am looking into the well, it is dark and comfortable.
-
- I am going down the well. its is getting darker and more comfortable.
- The walls are going darker and darker, so it is so dark that I cannot see
- anything at all. All I see is blackness complete perfect blackness.
-
- I will remember this blackness, for this is what it is like when the mind is
- completely relaxed.
-
-
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- when you you close your eyes, normally your mind throws up all kinds of
- images. by visualizing a black scene that is very comforting, besides which
- since the brain has been given something to see, it wont throw up any images.
- and so you can empty your mind of unnecessary thoughts
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-
-
- my mind has relaxed . the relaxation is beginning to spread to every
- part of my head . Every nerve and muscle in my head is relaxing.
- I can feel the tenseness leaving my head . Now the skin and
- flesh on my forehead is softening up, smoothing out, relaxing.
-
- All the tenseness, wrinkles and frowns have left my forehead.
-
- As I breathe deeply: the muscles in my throat are relaxing.
- As I swallow: I can feel my throat relaxing.
-
- The relaxation is spreading into my jaws. As I open my jaws
- slightly: my jaws relax.
-
- my tongue, teeth and gums are all relaxing. I can feel them
- growing numb.
-
- The relaxation is spreading out into my lips, which hang
- loosely and comfortably.
-
- The numbness and relaxation is spreading across the whole
- of my face. My chin, cheeks, nose and ears; are all relaxing
- and growing numb.
-
- My entire head is growing more numb with every second that passes
- , and the relaxation is spreading into my eyes.
-
- The numbness travels through the bottom eye lid: across the
- eyelashes: and into the upper eye lid. I can feel the tension
- leaving my eyebrows. The relaxation enters my eyes. I can
- feel every part of my eyes becoming relaxed: and pleasantly
- numb. The numbness enters the centre of each eyeball, first the
- left, and then the right. The numbness in my eyes grows larger
- and larger: expanding to fill both eye sockets.
-
- I are driving out all the tension from the muscles in my
- chest: my neck: the back , and the top of my head. I can
- feel the relaxation going down, deep down, between my shoulder
- blades, and right down my spine. The relaxation has traveled
- through each of the bones in my spine, and is now at the base
- of my spine. Every muscle in that region of my body is
- relaxing. As those muscles and nerves relax, a very pleasant
- sensation of numbness, and detachment is spreading over my
- entire body.
-
- I will now count from ten to one. At each number, every part of
- my body will become twice as relaxed.
-
- ten. I am feeling twice as relaxed.
-
- 9. ... I am four times as relaxed.
-
- 8.
-
- 7.
-
- 6. ... I am relaxing all the time.
-
- 5. I am going deeper into relaxation.
-
- 4. 3.
-
- 2. deeper, ... and ... deeper, feeling so ... relaxed.
-
- 1.
-
- Every part of my body is feeling very, very relaxed. So
- relaxed, that my body is pleasantly numb and feeling detached.
-
- I am going deeper and deeper into complete relaxation of mind
- and body. with every breath, I am getting more and more
- relaxed.
-
- I am driving out all the tension from both my shoulders. The
- relaxation is traveling down my arms, through both elbows,
- through the for arms, into both wrists, out through the palms of
- my hands, and down into my fingertips. I can feel the
- tension leaving every part of my body.
-
- I am driving out the tenseness from the nerves and muscles of
- my stomach and abdomen. The relaxation is spreading around my
- waist, into the small of my back.
-
- It feels so good: as the nerves and muscles in the small of my
- back, soften up and relax. it is so ...restful, so ...
- comfortable. I am going deeper; ... and deeper; ... into
- complete relaxation of mind and body.
-
- I am driving out, all the tenseness from the muscles in my
- hips and thighs. The relaxation is traveling down my thighs;
- through my knees: legs: and ankles: into the small muscles of
- my feet. I can feel the pleasant numbness, traveling through my
- feet to the tips of my toes.
-
- It feels so good as all the tenseness leaves my entire body.
- Every muscle and nerve in my body, from the top of my head to
- the tips of my toes, is feeling completely relaxed; pleasantly
- numb; and detached. With every moment that passes, I am feeling
- more and more relaxed.
-
- I am feeling so detached, that I can hardly feel that I have a
- body at all. I am experiencing a complete state of mental peace:
- serenity: and tranquility.
-
- I am now going to relax even more than I am at this
- moment.
-
- I am going to count from ten. backwards, all the way down to
- zero.
-
- With each lower count, I will feel twice as relaxed.
-
- Beginning with the count of
-
- ten.
-
- 9. (pause)
-
- 8. (pause) (pause)
-
- 7. (pause) (pause)
-
- 6. (pause) (pause)
-
- 5. (pause) (pause) (pause)
-
- 4. (pause) (pause) (pause)
-
- 3. (pause) (pause) (pause)
-
- 2. (pause) (pause) (pause) (pause)
-
- 1. (pause) (pause) (pause) (pause) (pause)
-
- 0. (pause) (pause) (pause) (pause) (pause) (pause)
-
- I am in a perfect state of complete rest, and relaxation.
-
- I am enjoying perfect peace of mind.
-
- I am in complete control of all of my senses: emotions:
- and desires.
-
- I am at peace with myself and my environment.
-
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- you can choose this method to put yourself to sleep, or go deeper into
- trance. I have kept myself in a waking trance for many days. ie going about
- my daily life, but with a completely relaxed mind.
-
- there is no danger, you can choose to come out of trance when it suits you.
- if you wish to just fall asleep, just give yourself the suggestion that
- you will now fall asleep, but that in the morning you will awaken fully
- refreshed, bursting with energy and feeling much better for it.
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-
- In a moment I will gradually awaken from this state of
- relaxation.
-
- In future, I will find it easy to relax. the next time
- I will be able to relax, quicker: and to a deeper level.
-
- I will now bring this session of hypnosis to a close. remember
- that I can only be hypnotised if I wish it, and I know who
- is hypnotising me.
-
- I will awaken at the count of 5.
-
- At the count of 5, I will awaken, feeling completely refreshed
- and wide awake. Beginning with the count of:
-
- 1. I am feeling fine: wonderful: perfect.
-
- 2. I am completely refreshed and awake.
-
- 3. all the numbness and detachment is leaving my body.
-
- 4. my eyes have opened. I can feel the sensation returning
- to every muscle and nerve in my body.
-
- 5. fully alert and wide awake.
-
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- This was the progressive relaxation method. There are other methods which
- attempt to relax you by comparing how a stressed muscle feels against one in
- its normal state.
-
- ie clench your fists, when you unclench it feels very relaxed.
-
- This is a very DANGEROUS method. I know this is not the place for paranormal
- discussions, but you can inadvertently release occult forces (from places
- called chakras)
-
- : <cynics please skip this section>
- :I had a bad experience with this. I was listening to a self hypnosis tape
- :and the relaxation suggested that
- :
- : feel the tenseness going up your spine. tighten up each vertebra
- : starting from the bottom. the second vertebra, third.
- :
- :as this was happening, I felt a tremendous force building up under my spine.
- :like a balloon was being inflated. at about the 7th vertebra a "force" exploded
- :up through my back spiraled out through my abdomen.
- :
- :anyhow it was scary! apparently its the "kundolini"
-
- anyhow I find visualisation is a much better and natural way to relax.
- you can do wierd things like
-
- visualise that you have taps (fawcets) on parts of your body,
- visualise that you are opening them one by one
- visualise that they are oozing a yucky substance, and this
- represents stress, imaging it flowing away and being absorbed
- by the ground.
-
- enjoy and just relax
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- Sunil Gupta ---- member of the studentsoft project
- and a computer scientist in my spare time
- cs89ssg@uk.ac.brunel studentsoft@uk.ac.brunel
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